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Friday Five: the week s top news
This week s main hospitality news stories include Emma Woods stepping down as Wagamama CEO, an encouraging first week of sales for outdoor service, and the inaugural 50 Next list.
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Wagamama chief executive Emma Woods has announced she plans to step down from the role​​ and hand over to her internally appointed successor, Thomas Heier. The move will see Heier, the current chief experience officer, start the role from 1 June, by which point it is hoped that the group s restaurants will have reopened for dine-in service following the expected easing of lockdown restrictions in May. Woods, who joined Wagamama as its customer director at the start of 2017, will continue to support Wagamama through its next phase of growth as an inaugural member of its brand board. She will also be taking on senior independent director and chair of Remco responsibilities for The Gym Group in May, having been a non-executiv ....

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